Former Border Patrol Agents declared that the Wilderness Bill (S.1689) proposed in Dona Ana County "is a danger to the security of the United States."

After detailing multiple problems that occur in similar border areas in Arizona, the former agents observe that, "Citizens of southern New Mexico should be aware of the consequences of such Congressional action." In other words, the citizens should be made aware that if Congress passes the bill, the United States but especially southern New Mexico will be less safe.

Violence is already spreading across the southern border. The wilderness will provide new corridors of access for drug trafficking and human smuggling.

In their letter to Senator Bingaman, the former border patrol agents write about problems in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and other areas in Arizona where special use land has shown us the problems we can expect under his bill.